Joseph was the son of Jacob. The name “Jacob” figuratively means “the cunning one.” Jacob took away his own brother's blessing by cunning. Now read through the Bible passage below and tell me what you think. Was Joseph greedy by taking from the suffering ancient Egyptians not only their money and livestock but also their land and making them into slaves?
Genesis 47:13 Now there was no food in all the land, because the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished because of the famine. 14 Joseph gathered all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan for the grain which they bought, and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house. 15 When the money was all spent in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us food, for why should we die in your presence? For our money is gone.” 16 Then Joseph said, “Give up your livestock, and I will give you food for your livestock, since your money is gone.” 17 So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them food in exchange for the horses and the flocks and the herds and the donkeys; and he fed them with food in exchange for all their livestock that year. 18 When that year was ended, they came to him the next year and said to him, “We will not hide from my lord that our money is all spent, and the cattle are my lord’s. There is nothing left for my lord except our bodies and our lands. 19 Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for food, and we and our land will be slaves to Pharaoh. So give us seed, that we may live and not die, and that the land may not be desolate.” 20 So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh [Joseph was the lord of Pharaoh's house (Gen 45:8)], for every Egyptian sold his field, because the famine was severe upon them. Thus the land became Pharaoh’s.
A Jew comes to Egypt. He acts so cleverly that he rises to the top of politics and even controls the Pharaoh. Then a famine hits. The Jew knew it would happen and had therefore gathered a lot of food before the famine came. People from all over the world come to Egypt to buy food from this Jew. The Jew becomes richer and richer. He has a lot of money. Then the natives of the land of Egypt where Joseph lived come. The Egyptians came and bought. Their money was gone. The Egyptians came and bought. Their livestock was gone. The Egyptians had nothing left but their land and themselves. They beg the Jew, but the Jew wants more. He doesn't even have mercy for the natives of the land he lives in. He takes their land and makes them slaves. He literally took everything from them. Years later, the Egyptians began to hate the Jews. They enslaved them and even killed the Jews' infants. How did it come about that the Jews were hated?
And then he invites his buddies in and gives them sacs of gold.
How did the Jew know the famine was coming?
Egypt (a gypsy) implies each wandering jew...so does Rome (to roam; wander).
The trick...Egypt and Rome represent theoretical fiction; while "a gypsy + to roam" imply empirical reality. That's how a jew can take down empires within the minds of gentiles, while simultaneously surviving those theoretical falls of empires.